Builder Stands Fast as Dixie Heights Woman Protests
Clint Centers, builder at 133414 Scott St, defends a semi completed cement block addition he says is within permit limits to house an upholstery shop for his son, while neighbor Mrs. Thomas Cooney camps in the county building inspector’s office to protest what she calls a store front, threatening to move if action isn’t taken. Mrs. Cooney remains in the courthouse, supported by no county officials, as discussions fail to resolve the standoff.
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Clint Centers
Scott St
Dixie Heights
Thomas Cooney
Jewell Ave
Centers
Cooney
Hamilton
Streeet
Young Centers
Middletown
Frigidaire Corp
Moraine City
Ridgeville
Scott Street
Coning
Sparkman Leads Attack on Demos Over Shrinking Presidency
Len Sparkman argues Eisenhower would shrink the presidency if re elected while Republicans counter that the plan is not a contraction but a restructure. Sparkman cites health limits and calls for full time leadership. Butler warns the issue touches constitutional balance and executive responsibility.
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Washington
Len Sparkman
Ala
Eisenhower
Sparkman
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Louisville
White House
MBS
Butler
Vote Bar Backfires In White Slump At Test
In Minden Louisiana a test tied to a restrictive voting law backfires as white voters flunk civil literacy tests while Negro voters face far fewer failures. County registrar Mrs Winnice P Clement notes about two dozen whites fail versus two blacks on technicalities under the constitution interpretation rule.
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Minden
Louisiana
U. S
Winnice P. Clement
Webster Parish
GOP Senators See Nixon On Inside Track For Ticket
Half a dozen Republican senators said Eisenhower has placed Vice President Nixon on the inside track for renomination. Nixon declined to discuss his personal plans while Eisenhower avoided a direct answer on running mate. Senators Mundt, Allott, Thye, Young, and Bender expressed confidence Nixon will seek or hold the ticket spot, with others assuming his place is secure.
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Eisenhower
United States
Sen
Allott
Rcolo
Bender
Ohio
Washington
Nixon
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
House
Senate
R.cole
Sen. Thye
R-Minn
Young
R-Nd
Woman Dies Of Beating. Son Held In Cincinnati
Mrs. Blanche Spaulding, 75, died at Jewish Hospital after injuries from a beating. Police detained her son Harold Hoover, 39, and his wife Marjorie, 27, for questioning. Hoover said his wife struck the elderly woman with a metal bread box and a pickle jar after an argument over a pension check. Spaulding reported being assaulted by Mrs. Hoover, who returned home to find her in bed with a blackened eye.
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Cincinnati
Blanche Spaulding
Jewish Hospital
Harold Hoover
Marjorie
Walter Chelson
Hoover
Spaulding
John Philpot
Cold waffles taste awful in speeding case
In Atlantic City a Philadelphia man David Saeger, 28, defended a speeding charge by saying he rushed home to serve waffles to friends before they got cold. He was fined $50.
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Atlantic City
David Saeger
Philadelphia
Saeger
Farm bill fight shifts to votes as Senate acts
In Washington the Senate debated a farm bill amid charges of White House pressure. Sen Aiken defended flexible price supports while Chairman Ellender pushed for a return to rigid props and final action by week’s end. The bill preserves a soil bank and centers on pricing supports amid two hours per amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Aiken
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Eliender
White House
Agriculture Department
Holland
Dfla
Monroney
D-Okla
Communist Party
Sirens Not Enough in Civil Defense Findings
BATTLE CREEK Mich A FCDA survey finds air raid sirens alone fail to prompt action. In Oakland California 75 percent heard signals but 9 in 20 did nothing and 7 discounted the warning. Only 2 sought cover while more than 75 percent would do nothing without extra information. Director Val Peterson urges improved mass voice warnings and careful test publicity.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Oakland
Calif
Air Force
Pacific
FCDA
Val Peterson
Dukane Corp
St. Charles, Ill
Weather: Cold Arctic Air Returns With Snow Flurries
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy, windy and colder weather today with snow flurries and a high of 29 degrees. Tonight will be partly cloudy and colder with winds and flurries decreasing to a low of 18, and Middletown’s unofficial high yesterday reached 70 degrees at 1 p.m. followed by a 24 degree low at 6 a.m.
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Middletown
Kalkaska High School Reopens After Board Resigns
Kalkaska Michigan AP The Kalkaska Board of Education resumes classes after resignations from Superintendent Gordon G Caswell and Principal Wallace A Schnetzler following a protest by a parent group over remarks Caswell made at a student disciplinary assembly. Athletic coach Edwin Chalker named acting superintendent.
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Kalkaska, Mich
Board of Education
Kalkaska High School
Gordon G. Caswell
Caswell
Wallace A. Schnetzler
Edwin Chalker
Cover-Up On Red Trade To Be Aired
Secretary Weeks faces Senate accusations of a cover-up over East-West trade negotiations leading to the 1954 easing of curbs with Russia. President Eisenhower defends the relaxation as aiding friendly nations. An Army technician testified that expanding trade gave the Russians a war advantage.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
U.S
Russia
Eisenhower
United States
Irving R. McConnell
Army
Subcommittee
McClelland
D-Ark
Stove Burns Fatal in Zanesville Woman
Mrs Margaret Call aged 67 of Zanesville died from burns received when her clothing caught fire from a cooking stove in her home on February 20. The incident occurred in Zanesville Ohio and occurred last Wednesday according to local reports.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Margaret Call
Happy Angelo Sees By Dead Priest Eyes Eyes Open After Transplant
In Milan a 12 year old Angelo Calagrande regains sight using the cornea of Father Carlo Gnocchi, the late “Priest of the Maimed.” The priest’s eyes were donated to help maimed children after his death on February 28. Angelo confirms seeing a hand and counting fingers as the transplant is tested. Amabile Battistella, an 18 year old Malian girl, received the other cornea.
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Milan
Italy
Angelo Calagrande
Carlo Gnocchi
Angelo
Amabile Battistella
Cesare Galeazzi
Woman dies in wreck near home in flooded stream
Mrs. Herman Kloes, 50, was killed when her car left U S 50 and overturned into a flooded stream near Athens Ohio early today. She was alone in the vehicle.
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Athens
Ohio
Herman Kloes
U.S. 50
Britain Keeps Middle East Policy After Big Three Pact
In a Commons clash Prime Minister Eden affirms Britain and the United States will act under the 1950 three power pledge to block any forceful redrawing of Israeli Arab boundaries. He labels Egypt a disruptor of Britain’s Jordan ties and cites U.S. Marines to the Mediterranean as Washington backing British policy.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Eden
United States
Palestine
France
Israel
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Washington
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
U.N
Jordan
John Bagot Glubb
Arab Legion
Glubb
Hussein
Commons
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Cairo
Saud
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Shukri Kuwaily
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Daily Sketch
America
U.S. Defense Department
UN Action Urged To Prevent Middle East War
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France may urge the United Nations Security Council to take urgent action to avert a new Middle East war. A broad resolution would warn Arabs and Israelis to restrain and abide by armistice terms. Russia faces choice on veto. President Eisenhower backs early UN action.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
Russia
Soviet Union
Israel
U.N
Palestine
Eisenhower
U.S
United Nations
Egypt
Syria
Cashier Faces Long Sentence in Embezzlement Case
Raymond Holmquist, former Smolan State Bank cashier, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of embezzlement. Bank examiners found about $30,000 involved across 156 accounts, with Holmquist, 44, receiving 3 to 50 years on each count to run consecutively, potentially totaling up to 500 years.
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Salina
Kan
Raymond Holmquist
Smolan
Here
Homquist
IUE Ready To Reject Plan To End Westinghouse Strike
Washington notes the 144 day Westinghouse Electric strike. IUE President Carey led a noisy 75 member conference board meeting as union officials indicated possible rejection or conditional acceptance of government mediation terms. The plan would create a five year contract with pay raises and benefits, while disputes over reinstating workers and pay systems remain unresolved.
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IUE
Westinghouse
Washington
Westinghouse Electric Corp
James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Carey
IVE
Indi
Westinghouse Company
Federal Mediation Service
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